Compiègne (; pcd, Compiène) is a

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in the

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department in northern

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. Its inhabitants are called ''Compiégnois''.

Administration

Compiègne is the seat of two

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: * Compiègne-1 (with 19 communes and part of Compiègne) * Compiègne-2 (with 16 communes and part of Compiègne)

History by year

: 665 - Saint

Wilfrid Wilfrid ( – 709 or 710) was an English bishop and saint. Born a Northumbrian noble, he entered religious life as a teenager and studied at Lindisfarne, at Canterbury, in Francia, and at Rome; he returned to Northumbria in about 660, and ...

was consecrated Bishop of

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. Wilfrid refused to be consecrated in

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at the hands of Anglo-Saxon bishops. Deusdedit, Archbishop of Canterbury, had died, and as there were no other bishops in Britain whom Wilfrid considered to have been validly consecrated, he travelled to Compiègne, to be consecrated by

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, the Bishop of Paris. : 833 -

Louis the Pious Louis the Pious (german: Ludwig der Fromme; french: Louis le Pieux; 16 April 778 – 20 June 840), also called the Fair, and the Debonaire, was King of the Franks and co-emperor with his father, Charlemagne, from 813. He was also King of Aqui ...

(also known as King Louis I, the Debonair) was deposed in Compiègne. : February 888 -

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and king of the

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was crowned in Compiègne. : 23 May 1430 - During the Hundred Years' War,

Joan of Arc Joan of Arc (french: link=yes, Jeanne d'Arc, translit= �an daʁk} ; 1412 – 30 May 1431) is a patron saint of France, honored as a defender of the French nation for her role in the siege of Orléans and her insistence on the coronat ...

was captured by the Burgundians while attempting to free Compiègne. They then sold her to the English. : 1557 - Bataille de Saint Quentin : 1558 - Les Anglais occupe Compiegne : 1624 - Compiègne gave its name to the

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, a treaty of alliance concluded by Cardinal Richelieu with the Dutch. : 1630 - Marie de' Medici's attempts to displace Richelieu ultimately led to her exile to Compiègne, from where she escaped to

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in 1631. : 17 July 1794 - The

Martyrs of Compiègne The Martyrs of Compiègne were the 16 members of the Carmel of Compiègne, France: 11 Discalced Carmelite nuns, three lay sisters, and two externs (or tertiaries). They were executed by the guillotine towards the end of the Reign of Terror, at ...

are executed in

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during the Reign of Terror. : 1900 - The

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events for the 1900 Summer Olympics took place. : 11 November 1918 - The

Armistice with Germany (Compiègne) The Armistice of 11 November 1918 was the armistice signed at Le Francport near Compiègne that ended fighting on land, sea, and air in World War I between the Entente and their last remaining opponent, Germany. Previous armistices ...

, agreed at Le Francport near Compiègne, ends fighting of

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: 22 June 1940 - Another Armistice with France (Second Compiègne) was signed between Nazi Germany and the defeated France in Le Francport, near Compiègne, in the same place as in 1918, in the same railroad carriage, but with the seats swapped. : 1941 - During the German occupation of France, the Compiègne internment camp was established in Compiègne. A memorial of the camp, and another along the railway tracks, commemorate the tragedy. : 1968 - The starting location of the Paris–Roubaix bicycle race was changed from Paris to Compiègne. : 1972 - Creation of the University of Technology of Compiègne

Population

Compiègne is the central commune of an urban unit with 70,699 inhabitants, and a larger functional area (France), commuter zone with 141,504 inhabitants as of 2017. The population data in the table and graph below refer to the commune of Compiègne proper.

Sights

Museums

* Château de Compiègne - the castle itself, and museums of the Second French Empire and of motoring and tourism within its walls * Musée Antoine Vivenel * Museum of historic figurines * Memorial of internment and deportation

Compiègne Forest

The Glade of the Armistice in the Compiègne Forest was the site of the signing of two armistices; those of Armistice of 11 November 1918, 11 November 1918 and Armistice of 22 June 1940, 22 June 1940. Hitler specifically chose the location of the second, and had the original signing carriage moved from Paris to Compiègne, as an irony for the defeated French. The site still houses several memorials to the 1918 armistice, including a copy of the original railway carriage. The original, Compiègne Wagon, Marshal Foch's Carriage was taken to Germany as a trophy of victory following the second armistice. Various rumors about what happened to this railway-carriage thereafter, have flourished ever since. Some believe it was destroyed by the SS in Thuringia in April 1945; others say this happened in Berlin, but most likely was it destroyed during an allied air-raid on Berlin. The latter version seems most plausible, since Ferdinand Foch's carriage actually was displayed at a Berlin museum.

The University of Technology of Compiègne

Compiègne is home to the University of Technology of Compiègne (UTC), one of the top ranking engineering school in France, founded as a Technology University in 1972 to provide an alternative to the traditional "grandes écoles" for students interested in technologies and applied science.

Transport

Gare de Compiègne, Compiègne station offers connections with Paris, Amiens, Cambrai and several regional destinations. The nearest motorway is the A1 autoroute (France), A1 Paris-Lille.

Cycling

Since 1968 Compiègne is the traditional start city of the famous Paris–Roubaix road bicycle racing, bicycle race. It was also the finish city of 3rd stage in the 2007 Tour de France.

Notable People

Compiègne has been home to: * Roscellinus (~1050 - ~1122), philosopher and theologian, often regarded as the founder of Nominalism * Pierre d'Ailly (1350–1420), theology, theologian and Cardinal (Catholicism), cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church * Albert Robida (1848–1926), illustrator, etcher, lithographer, caricaturist, and novelist * Eugène Albertini (1880–1941), teacher in Latin literature, historian of ancient Rome, and epigrapher of Latin texts * Marcel Tabuteau (1887–1966), Oboist, regarded as the founder of American oboe playing. * Suzanne Lenglen (1899–1938), tennis player, international female sport star * Lucas Debargue (1990–), pianist and composer who worked in both the classical and jazz fields. * The

International relations

Compiègne is Twin towns and sister cities, twinned with: Compiègne is also partnered with:

References

External links

City council website
(in French)
Le musée du château/The Château museum

Memorial to Nazi/French Internment Camp and Deportations During WW2

Universite de Technologie de CompiegneJoan of Arc Captured At Compiegne

customized transport in compiègne

Concerts in Compiègne
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